Freight transportation flows : trends, impacts, and mitigation efforts / Kathleen Vaughn, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Vaughn, Kathleen, editor.

Series:

Transportation issues, policies and R&D series.

Transportation Issues, Policies and R&D

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Freight and freightage--United States.

Freight and freightage.

Transportation--United States.

Transportation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (89 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York, [New York] : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Projected increases in the transport of freight by rail and truck may produce economic benefits but also increase traffic congestion in communities. This book addresses among other things, the recent changes in U.S. rail and truck freight flows and the extent to which related traffic congestion is reported to impact communities; the extent to which DOT's efforts to implement MAP-21 address freight-related traffic congestion in communities.

Contents:

""FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION FLOWS: TRENDS, IMPACTS, AND MITIGATION EFFORTS""; ""FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION FLOWS: TRENDS, IMPACTS, AND MITIGATION EFFORTS""; ""Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""Chapter 1: FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION: DEVELOPING NATIONAL STRATEGY WOULD BENEFIT FROM ADDED FOCUS ON COMMUNITY CONGESTION IMPACTS""; ""WHY GAO DID THIS STUDY""; ""WHAT GAO RECOMMENDS""; ""WHAT GAO FOUND""; ""ABBREVIATIONS""; ""BACKGROUND""; ""INCREASING FREIGHT FLOWS MAY EXACERBATE LONG-STANDING COMMUNITY CONGESTION ISSUES""

""SELECTED COMMUNITIES PRIMARILY USED PUBLIC FUNDS TO ADDRESS FREIGHT-RELATED TRAFFIC CONGESTION AND SOME HAVE FACED FUNDING CHALLENGES""""DOT�S EFFORTS TO IMPLEMENT MAP-21 FREIGHT PROVISIONS INCORPORATE SOME CONSIDERATION OF COMMUNITY IMPACTS BUT DO NOT ESTABLISH A CLEAR FEDERAL ROLE""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""MATTER FOR CONGRESSIONAL CONSIDERATION""; ""RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EXECUTIVE ACTION""; ""AGENCY COMMENTS AND OUR EVALUATION""; ""APPENDIX I: OBJECTIVES, SCOPE, AND METHODOLOGY""; ""Chapter 2: FEDERAL FREIGHT POLICY: IN BRIEF""; ""FREIGHT SYSTEM COMPONENTS""; ""THE FEDERAL ROLE IN PLANNING""

""FEDERAL INITIATIVES AFFECTING FREIGHT FLOWS""""REGULATORY POINTS OF CONTENTION""; ""INDEX""; ""Blank Page""

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed January 26, 2015).

ISBN:

1-63463-923-5

OCLC:

900408853